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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rebecca J Putnam, West Des Moines, IA (US);
A Gururaj Rao, Urbandale, IA (US);
Assignee:
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Des Moines, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; A01N / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514-2 ; 47 58 ; 424405 ; 530326 ;
Abstract
Certain specific derivatives of the 17-amino acid peptide tachyplesin has been found to have antimicrobial activity against plant pathogens. In a preferred embodiment, plant resistance to diseases caused by plant pathogens which are susceptible to these peptides is produced by inserting into the cells of a plant a gene whose expression causes production of one or more of the peptides of this invention in the plant in antimicrobial amounts.